In photos: Dulwich Hamlet lose to a single goal at St Albans City, Saturday 7th March 2026

Dulwich Hamlet’s recent winning run came to a juddering halt at St Albans on Saturday, with the pink and blues losing 0-1 in front of a crowd of 2,259 people. …

Mar 9, 2026 - 07:32

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet lose to a single goal at St Albans City, Saturday 7th March 2026

Dulwich Hamlet lose to a single goal at St Albans City , Saturday 7th March 2026

Dulwich Hamlet’s recent winning run came to a juddering halt at St Albans on Saturday, with the pink and blues losing 0-1 in front of a crowd of 2,259 people.

Buzz photographer Max boarded the Thameslink train to bring us these shots:

Dulwich Hamlet lose to a single goal at St Albans City , Saturday 7th March 2026

On the Hamlet forum, fans added their observations about the encounter:

N: Should have had a penalty in the first half, after that I think only one shot on goal the whole match and that was by Michael Chambers.
Didn’t really do anything till Tom Chambers and Gasper came on late in the match.

Their 2 centre backs played well, the 27 got man of the match.

PP: It was a game of few clear chances. I don’t recall either keeper making a real save. St Albans had the better of the first half and put a lot of crosses and passes into our box, all of which were defended well except the one that resulted in the game’s only goal, a low cross from the right converted at the second attempt by their dangerous left winger.

It was the same referee as Tuesday night at Fisher. He clearly prefers to let marginal fouls go, which I don’t have a problem with on the whole, as he’s consistent. However, he totally ignored a stonewall penalty inside the first ten minutes today when Sol made a darting run into the right corner of the box and slipped in Nyren with a flicked pass.

He was goalside of his marker, who blatantly pulled him back by the shirt from behind, causing him to stumble and fall. It wasn’t even debatable and there was no attempt to play the ball.

The opportunity to convert a penalty at that stage could have put us in charge, and we always look more comfortable when we’re ahead.

I feel we’re just too cautious by nature most of the time. We look more interested in retaining possession without hurting the opposition, instead of risking a turnover with a more adventurous pass in the final third.

I accept we’re rebuilding from a low starting point, and this season has been a vast improvement, but I find it a bit dull to watch at times.

We looked much better in the final 20 minutes after using all our substitutes, when we forced the pace and tested their defence. This resulted in a few counterattacks, which we defended well.